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Sun August 02, 2009
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(NASCAR) Cool NASCAR Pennsylvania (will we get this thing in today?) 500 discussion  (nascar.com) (327)
(Major League Baseball) Interesting Pedro Martinez weighs in on steroids in baseball, starts channeling Tom Hanks and threatens to rip off his clothes. And then it gets weird  (mlb.mlb.com) (26)
(The Local (Sweden)) Interesting Soccer players take a stand for gay pride, which is entirely appropriate as both groups go all weak at the knees if someone looks at them intently  T-Shirt  (thelocal.se) (22)
(Deadspin) Cool How Lions rookie QB Matthew Stafford spent his summer vacation. With pics to prove it was quite better than how you did  (deadspin.com) (77)
(670 The Score) Cool Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 622nd homer and the only asterisk he'll get is the one for starting the hat-backwards fad  (670thescore.stats.com) (71)
(CNN) Obvious The Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reminds the Nationals who the real laughingstock of baseball is  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (37)
(Yahoo) Amusing Cubs run out of position players, use Alfonso Soriano at 2nd, then at 3rd, then back at 2nd...and still win  (sports.yahoo.com) (21)
(Newsday) Obvious Yanks demonstrate once again why a deadline deal for pitching was not needed  (newsday.com) (86)

Sat August 01, 2009
(ESPN) Obvious The 20 things that make you look like a sports doofus  (sports.espn.go.com) (120)
(Yahoo) Spiffy I'm Michael Phelps, and I'm faster than Bill Kurtis  (sports.yahoo.com) (27)
(Major League Baseball) Spiffy What does one of the best players in baseball do when a pitcher throws at his head? It's outta here  (philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com) (81)
(Daily Stab) Interesting Michelle Kwan picks masters degree over the 2010 Olympics  (dailystab.com) (36)
(CBS Sports) Sad Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson injured during practice Saturday. If they only had some other option at QB  (cbssports.com) (102)
(Denver Post) Interesting What do the Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Madame Butterfly all have in common?  (denverpost.com) (14)
(Yahoo) Obvious Cubs fall to second place. Book it. Done  (sports.yahoo.com) (49)
(The Sun) Amusing The wit and wisdom of Sir Bobby Robson, Britain's answer to Yogi Berra  (thesun.co.uk) (13)
(Yahoo) Fail Radio hosts bets he can return one of ten Roddick serves, with predictable results (and childish video)  (sports.yahoo.com) (21)
(SportsLine.com) Amusing Jake Peavy, who was dealt to the Cubs and then not dealt to the Cubs then dealt to the White Sox then not dealt to the White Sox, dealt to the White Sox  (cbssports.com) (20)

Fri July 31, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting Well, at least Curt Schilling doesn't have an opinion on Ortiz 2003 positive steroid test. Oh, wait. Yeah he does  (38pitches.weei.com) (99)
(TSN) Asinine You're the new Blackhawks GM. For your first move on the job do you: c) Sign Hossa to a 12 year contract in which he agrees to retire midway?  (tsn.ca) (39)
(Boston Globe) Amusing "David Ortiz looks like one of the television evangelists who gets caught in a seedy motel with a hooker."  (boston.com) (44)
(FanHouse) Dumbass Successful newspaper sportswriter uses Craigslist to supplement his income. Fark: By setting up prostitution rings in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Canada  (fanhouse.com) (36)
(Deadspin) Obvious On the recent steroid allegations: "We find that Red Sox fans believe they and their team poop sunshine and live on some sort of magical, negro-free cloud in the heavens."  (deadspin.com) (82)
(ESPN) Obvious Sir Alex Ferguson on the tweaks Man United will make due to the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo: "We will just have to find the goals from somewhere else and our tactics will adjust accordingly."  (soccernet.espn.go.com) (32)
(Sports by Brooks) Weird Chinese soccer player banned for life after chasing referee off the field  (sportsbybrooks.com) (10)
(FanNation) Interesting Seahawks may be interested in Michael Vick because Jim Mora likes him. Which means that along with his mom, Michael Vick has two friends  (fannation.com) (52)
(ESPN) Stupid Not News: In MX Step Up final elimination Ricky Carmichael gets hurt, unable to complete event. FARK News: They cancel the event and give him a gold medal  (espn.go.com) (24)
(Detroit News) Obvious Joel Zumaya to have season-ending surgery. Jim Leyland is reportedly heading to Zumaya's house to remove all plastic guitars and cardboard boxes  (detnews.com) (18)
(Orlando Sentinel) Interesting Reebok nixes a deal with basketball superstar Marcin Gortat because of his Air Jordan tattoo  (orlandosentinel.com) (18)
(Major League Baseball) Misc It's July 31st, and you know what that means. Time to celebrate one of baseball's favorite holidays...Or is it spelled Halladays? Your trade deadline thread starts to the right  (mlb.mlb.com) (195)
(Some Guy) Obvious Your favorite baseball team uses steroids, Santa isn't real, and your girlfriend is disturbed when you cry after sex  (voxverax.blogspot.com) (25)
(Some Guy) Obvious Vick to Patriots as their "wildcat" option. Book it, done  (nfl.com) (208)
(Yahoo) Interesting English soccer team up for sale on eBay; the auction has been getting one, occasionally two, bids every 90 minutes or so  (news.yahoo.com) (33)
(Yahoo) Amusing Indian rugby coach tells team to bulk up by eating 15 eggs per day; his original suggestion of having two steaks per day didn't go over so well  (news.yahoo.com) (16)
(Yahoo) Obvious Terrell Owens unveils new TO's cereal. Promises to be chock full of nuts and will go stale rather quickly  (sports.yahoo.com) (67)
(Some Guy) Obvious Parity shamrity. Baseball's six division leaders are some of baseball's biggest spenders  (thebiglead.com) (31)
(CNN) Fail In the best argument yet for relegation in American pro leagues, only 1 of the players who started for the Pirates on Opening Day 2008 is still on the team, which is stumbling towards its 17th consecutive losing season  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (84)
(ESPN) Obvious St. Louis. Back in second place. Book it. Done  (espn.go.com) (50)
(CNN) Interesting Dodgers stop by the Camden Yardsale and pick up an All-Star reliever  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (30)

Thu July 30, 2009
(Sports by Brooks) Stupid University of Hawaii head football coach pretty much guarantees they'll never be called Rainbow Warriors again  (sportsbybrooks.com) (28)
(TSN) Weird Jeremy Piven signs with the Toronto Argonauts  (tsn.ca) (16)
(ESPN) Cool LO and behold: Odom to remain with the Lakers  (sports.espn.go.com) (20)
(ESPN) Obvious Canseco: There's a juicer in the Hall of Fame  (sports.espn.go.com) (102)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Raul Mondesi & Jose Rijo face off again - in the race for mayor  (sportsbybrooks.com) (5)
(TSN) Unlikely Boxing star committed suicide with a purse strap after he passed out. Welcome to CSI Brazil where everyone wears 2 pairs of sunglasses  (tsn.ca) (20)
(Sporting News) Obvious Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz have been juicing since 2003. Can we just rename every Boston team the Asterisks now?  (sportingnews.com) (342)
(ESPN) Followup Having successfully fixed healthcare and balanced the budget, Congress passes a resolution pardoning former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson for doin' it with white chicks  (sports.espn.go.com) (23)
(Some Guy) Followup Michael Vick isn't out of the doghouse yet. His bankruptcy lawyers want $1.5 million in fees  (wbaltv.com) (41)
(ESPN) Stupid Pirates trade Wilson and Snell to Seattle to continue ridding the team of any possible talent. Next up on the trade block: the guy who mows stripes into the grass  (sports.espn.go.com) (108)
(ESPN) Cool Cardinals bring Dodgers their 4th loss in a row in 15 innings, retake Central Division lead. This is your NL Central .5 lead thread  (espn.go.com) (44)
(Chicago Tribune) Hero Six years after an oblivious Cubs fan caught a fly ball, dashing the hopes of millions and becoming a pariah, ESPN decides to do a documentary, asking if he can forgive Chicago. Catch it, done  (newsblogs.chicagotribune.com) (91)
(FanHouse) Spiffy John Daly's pants are so bright, you're gonna have to wear shades while watching his new TV show  (golf.fanhouse.com) (11)
(CBS Sacramento) Sick Pedroia moving to catcher after stealing third base with no grass on the infield  (cbs13.com) (115)
(Daily Mail) Cool Man makes one-handed catch of foul ball at Rangers game while holding his child under his other arm. Here's to you, Mr. Multitasker  (dailymail.co.uk) (67)
(YouTube) Audio Erin Andrews has had enough (rightfully so), calls 911 on paparazzi outside of her house  (bareknucks.com) (62)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Amusing Vikings receiver Bobby Wade says Brian Urlacher told him Jay Cutler was a "pussy", said this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night  (suntimes.com) (101)
(WTMJ) Sappy Not news; Brewers suck less than the Washington Nationals for one night. Supersappyness: Guy who hits game-winning homer had son w/cerebral palsy throw out first pitch. With audio awesomeness  (620wtmj.com) (6)
(BBC) Cool It's the third Ashes test at Edgbaston. How will England's middle order cope without Kevin Pietersen? Will Mitchell Johnson finally get his act together and bowl like a test cricketer? Will it ever stop raining so we can find out?  (news.bbc.co.uk) (22)
(NPR) Hero Man this guy loved box  (npr.org) (17)
(Fox Sports) Asinine Our list of major sports stars we'd like to go away: Beckham, Armstrong, Obama...wait? Obama? Yep, it's Fox Sports  (msn.foxsports.com) (48)

Wed July 29, 2009
(Yahoo) Cool In an attempt to stop leading the league in 2-1 losses, Giants acquire Freddy Sanchez from Pirates for a bag of sunflower seeds and some minor-league pitcher that nobody's ever heard of  (sports.yahoo.com) (66)
(The Sporting Blog) Interesting Indians deal reigning Cy Young winner. No, this is not a repeat  (sportingnews.com) (58)
(ESPN) Followup The Stig pulls a Favre  (sports.espn.go.com) (79)
(USA Today) Strange Oklahoma couple asks Heisman winner Sam Bradford to autograph their ... baby ?  (usatoday.com) (24)
(ESPN) Followup Michael Phelps takes a deep breath, smokes the competition, cashes in on some Italian gold  (sports.espn.go.com) (33)
(ESPN) Asinine NFL, NBA, MLB and NCAA file suit against the state of Delaware for their proposed sports wagering plan, stating that it would damage their respective sports. Las Vegas casinos gaze in disbelief and give 3:2 odds that it passes anyway  (sports.espn.go.com) (23)
(ESPN) Spiffy After pitching a perfect game, Buehrle retires the first 17 batters he faces, set new MLB record  (espn.go.com) (56)
(Telegraph) Followup Fresh from being refused entry to the White House, Shaq challenges David Beckham to a game of "soccerball". On Twitter  (telegraph.co.uk) (43)
(The Sporting Blog) Asinine You want to strip Bobby Bowden of 14 wins? Oh, that's fine. He's got 22 wins from a junior college in the 1950s he'd like you to recognize  (sportingnews.com) (43)
(Deadspin) Obvious Why Your Team Sucks: The Indianapolis Colts  (deadspin.com) (52)
(ESPN) Cool Cubs. Back in Second Place. Book It. Done  (espn.go.com) (141)
(NJ.com) Followup New York's broken Wang to join New York's broken Putz on the DL  (nj.com) (14)
(Some Guy) Interesting For Pats fans: Here's one more list of the NFL's teams to beat (perhaps with sharp metal objects)  (projo.com) (61)
(Toronto Star) Fail Leafs fans petition for return of old-school logo, Frank Mahovlich, Johnny Bower and the early 60's  (thestar.com) (23)

Tue July 28, 2009
(Washington Post) Amusing Shaq turned away on unannounced visit to White House, loses bet  (voices.washingtonpost.com) (46)
(CNN) Sad Eagles longtime defensive genius, Jim Johnson loses battle with cancer  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (91)
(Google) Fail Michael Phelps loses 200-meter freestyle at the world championships, proves that marijuana slows you down  (google.com) (44)
(Deadspin) Dumbass Writer Bonnie Erbe goes full retard: "If women didn't attend NFL games or NBA games, or even watch them on TV to help drive up ratings, they would be doing more to stop men from behaving badly than they could ever do otherwise  (deadspin.com) (29)
(Yahoo) Interesting Denzel Washington strikes up impromptu conversation with Ochocinco at a Lakers game and ends up chewing his ass out. "Chad, how many feet are in a mile?"  (sports.yahoo.com) (100)
(MinnPost) Amusing Shanghai shopping mall offers a Minnesota surprise: $16 Brett Favre Vikings jersey  (minnpost.com) (25)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Unlikely Our long national nightmare is over, Favre staying retired  (blogs.startribune.com) (83)
(Deadspin) PSA The sports heckler is really just a close ancestor to the Internet Tough Guy: if asked to back up their raging threats, most folks immediately back down like the cowards they are  (deadspin.com) (27)
(The Sporting Blog) Interesting Peter King and other fire-and-brimstone writers covering Michael Vick are missing the point: Roger Goodell's unchecked power is growing at an alarming rate  (sportingnews.com) (26)
(Boston Globe) Misc White Sox free up #32 for Roy Halladay  (boston.com) (82)
(Reuters) Followup Lance Armstrong responds to Alberto Contador calling him a tool: "If I were him I'd drop this drivel and start thanking his team. Without them, he doesn't win"  (uk.reuters.com) (154)
(ESPN) Interesting Bender hopes for NBA comeback, is prepared to make own league with blackjack and hookers if things don't work out  (sports.espn.go.com) (25)
(YouTube) Cool Delwyn Young makes one of the best baseball plays this season with a barehanded grab . . . off of Garrett Jones' foot  (bareknucks.com) (37)
(CNN) Dumbass Tour de France winner Alberto Conta: "My relationship with Lance Armstrong is non-existent. Even if he is a great champion, I have never had admiration for him and I never will." Stay classy Alberto  (cnn.com) (124)
(Toronto Star) Unlikely Canadian Open finally won by a Toronto native. Toronto, Australia that is  (thestar.com) (6)
(BBC) Cool The Stig may return to F1 as a stand in for the injured Felipe Massa. Some say that on really warm days he sheds his skin like a snake, and that for some reason he's allergic to the Dutch  (news.bbc.co.uk) (39)
(Deadspin) Sad Reggie Bush prepares for training camp by losing roughly 140 lbs  (deadspin.com) (62)
(Yahoo) Hero Josh Willingham of the Washington Nationals (yes, you read that right) hits two grand slams -- in the same game  (sports.yahoo.com) (49)
(Denver Post) Interesting A picture of a competitor in the World Champtionship Bog Snorkeling Championship. Why for peat's sake would you snorkel in a bog?  (denverpost.com) (12)
(Yahoo) Cool Former Duke standout and current Chicago Bull Luol Deng will rest his injured leg, still hopes to help England qualify for 2012 Olympics. In other news, England is trying to qualify for 2012 Olympics in men's basketball  (sports.yahoo.com) (18)

Mon July 27, 2009
(CBS News) Interesting Obama says WNBA players are an inspiration to his daughters, who apparently want to grow up to be tall, underpaid lesbians  (cbsnews.com) (29)
(CBS New York) Followup NY Mets fire VP of player development because: a) the owners realize that they need to clean house, b) the players he has developed suck worse than Duke or, c) he ripped off his shirt and challenged members of their Double-A team to a fight?  (wcbstv.com) (53)
(ESPN) News Michael Vick is out of the doghouse  (sports.espn.go.com) (177)
(CNN) Dumbass Peter King writes about his trip to the urologist. Mistakenly calls his doctor "Tom"  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (17)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Computer predicts with stunning accuracy that borderline cases have only a 50-50 chance for baseball Hall of Fame  (online.wsj.com) (51)
(Sports by Brooks) Fail WNBA All-Star Game dunk fail (with video). At least they still have good fundamentals  (sportsbybrooks.com) (38)
(Cleveland) Obvious Ohio State picked to win the Big Ten, make it to the BCS championship and choke. Again  (cleveland.com) (96)
(TwinCities.com) Obvious Whenever you see Brett Favre play, you always hear about he plays for the "love of the game." So naturally, the hold-up on signing with the Vikings is money  (twincities.com) (50)
(ESPN) Cool Since Wrigley Field is empty in the fall anyways, Illinois and Northwestern look to play football there  (sports.espn.go.com) (60)
(Fighting Illini) Asinine Jeff George thinks he can still play in the NFL, the moon landing was faked, and 9/11 was an inside job. RON PAUL  (illinihq.com) (28)
(NJ.com) Obvious Less people than usual want to watch the Mets suck in person  (nj.com) (19)
(Reuters) Stupid It's the end of the Tour de France. A Spaniard wins, a Luxembourger is second, and an American finishes third. What national anthem is played? That's right, the Danish national anthem  (reuters.com) (36)
(FanHouse) Fail Drew Bennett's tenure with Baltimore was shorter than in-theatre run of Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2  (nfl.fanhouse.com) (25)
(Major League Baseball) Fail For every run they score this weekend the Pirates will knock $1 off a $24 ticket to the upcoming Nats series at PNC Park. Fark: They get shutout two days in a row  (pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com) (47)
(Formula1.com) Amusing The wheels have literally flown off Renault's 2009 Formula 1 season  (formula1.com) (25)
(National Post) Unlikely News: Golfer hits hole-in-one at golf tourney. FARK: Seven holes-in-one at Canadian Open  (network.nationalpost.com) (20)
(Sports by Brooks) Followup Sure, I'd love to talk to you about my daughter's romantic involvement with a professional quarterback who also once attended the university where I am employed. But first let me return these Nigerian bank emails  (sportsbybrooks.com) (12)

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